The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen' is the first-ever monograph on this beloved midcentury husband-and-wife illustration team. This award-winning pair created more than 40 beloved children's books over the span of seven decades, many of which appeared on the New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year lists. From early favorites for Golden Books such as The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, 1949, to their Caldecott-winning title The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, 1983, the Provensens' books inspired generations of young readers. Original paintings for their beloved classics such as A Child's Garden of Verses, 1951, The Iliad and the Odyssey, 1959, Myths and Legends, 1960 and many others, are beautifully reproduced and included here. This comprehensive volume showcases hundreds of their well-known illustrations, as well as many never-before-seen paintings, drawings, and exquisite sketchbooks from their travels around the world. An interview with their daughter Karen Provensen Mitchell illuminates their life and career and includes many personal photographs, quotes, speeches, and memorabilia from their archive. An introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, a leading historian in children's literature, underscores the Provensen's importance and influence as illustrators and authors. Additionally, noted publisher and close family friend Robert Gottlieb, provides a personal essay that shares many of his memories with this cherished couple. The Provensens' colorful, inimitable artwork is a treasure trove that has influenced generations of children, designers, illustrators, historians, and all who cherish classic children's books

• Conversation with Karen Provensen Mitchell
• Leonard S. Marcus
• Robert Gottlieb
• Michael J. Droller Caldecott medal acceptance speech
• American Library Association speech
• Introduction / Foreword / (1949) The fireside cookbook
• (1951) A child's garden of verses
• (1952) The animal fair
• (1956) The Iliad and the Odyssey
• (1960) Myths and legends
• (1962) Shakespeare ten great plays
• (1964) The charge of the light brigade
• (1965) Aesop's fables
• (1968) Tales from the ballet
• (1971) The Provensen book of fairy tales
• (1973) My little hen
• (1974) Our animal friends
• (1979) A horse and a hound, a goat and a gander
• (1980) The golden serpent
• (1981) A visit to William Blake's inn
• (1981) An owl and three pussycats
• (1982) Birds, beasts and the third thing
• (1983) The glorious flight
• (1984) Town & country
• (1987) Shaker lane
• (1990) The buck stops here
• (1991) Punch in New York
• (1995) My fellow Americans
• (2005) Klondike gold
• An appreciation /